Orleans vs Terril

A side-by-side comparison of Orleans and Terril: population, income, housing, and more.

Orleans and Terril are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Orleans has the higher population (593 vs 357 in Terril). Orleans has the higher median household income ($66,058 vs $42,917 in Terril). Orleans has the higher median home value ($448,800 vs $95,400 in Terril).

Population, income & housing

	Orleans	Terril
Population	593	357
Median age	57.7 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,058	$42,917
Median home value	$448,800	$95,400
Median gross rent	$961	$1,036
Housing units	635	219
Homeownership rate	89.3%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orleans	Terril
Population	469 → 593 (+26.4%)	454 → 357 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$66,875 → $66,058 (-1.2%)	$37,917 → $42,917 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$387,500 → $448,800 (+15.8%)	$56,300 → $95,400 (+69.4%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $961 (+3.0%)	$842 → $1,036 (+23.0%)

Orleans

Population

469593

Median household income

$66,875$66,058

Median home value

$387,500$448,800

Median gross rent

$933$961

Terril

Population

454357

Median household income

$37,917$42,917

Median home value

$56,300$95,400

Median gross rent

$842$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orleans	Terril
Under 5	1.0%	10.9%
5 to 17	9.1%	9.8%
18 to 24	0.8%	3.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	17.2%	15.4%
45 to 54	5.6%	13.7%
55 to 64	19.2%	18.8%
65 to 74	22.3%	12.9%
75 and over	14.7%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orleans	Terril
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orleans	Terril
No high school diploma	13.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	24.1%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orleans	Terril
Drove alone	90.6%	75.0%
Carpooled	0.9%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orleans	Terril
1-unit, detached	90.7%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orleans	Terril
Poverty rate	1.9%	13.2%
Average household size	1.98	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1973	1941